Hugo Rodallega: Dimitar Berbatov and I can forge a great partnership

Hugo Rodallega admits it is a pleasure to learn from Dimitar Berbatov after watching his fellow Fulham forward turn on the style against Arsenal.

Dimitar Berbatov has proved a great signing so far for Fulham (Picture: PA)

Berbatov, who joined Rodallega among Martin Jol’s summer signings, scored two and set up the other as the Cottagers came from 2-0 down to claim a 3-3 draw.‘Berba is more than important for us, both on and off the pitch,’ said Rodallega.

Hugo Rodallega believes he and Dimitar Berbatov can achieve great things at Craven Cottage (Picture: Getty)

‘He is a relaxed guy, very intelligent, but also a shy person. When he does speak, it is common sense. I am learning a lot from him and I think we can be very successful during our time here.’Rodallega and Berbatov were brought in to replace the firepower of Clint Dempsey, who left for Tottenham, and the Colombian striker added: ‘The reason we were signed was to score goals but we also have to work hard for the team, whether it is me, Berba, Mladen Petric or someone else who scores the goals.’Rodallega, an unused substitute at the Emirates Stadium, has not had much game-time recently but made more than 100 appearances in three years at Wigan and is the only player to have scored more than 20 Premier League goals for the club.His popularity with the Latics fans was huge but the lure of a club with loftier ambitions was, understandably, too tempting.‘There were other clubs interested in me, not just in England, but I preferred to stay in the Premier League and of the teams there were, Fulham seemed like a serious club,’ said the 27-year-old.‘Wigan’s main goal is to stay up and I felt the team had bigger goals here as soon as I arrived. One of my main goals was to fight for bigger things, maybe the Europa League and, hopefully, one day the Champions League.‘We are well positioned in the league and the players want to qualify for Europe.’

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